Cooking-cabinet



COOKING CABINET.

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COOKNGr-CABINET.

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Specification' of Letters Patent'.

Application filed. November 21, 1919.. Serial No, 339,738.

To au 'whom it may concern:

Bc it known that l, GEORGE VNVIESE- HAN, al citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cooking- Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lan improvement in cooking cabinets, and is particularly adapted for yuse in 'connection with that type of cabinet prior patent issued in my name date of November 24, 1914, and being numbered 1,118,607.

The object of this invention is to provide a compartment in the upper part of this type of cabinet in which a cooking stove may be inclosed and when so inclosed, will effectively conceal the same and permit of the cabinet being used as a sideboard or buffet. The cabinet is so constructed as to present a pleasing appearance when closed and one which when open will permit of the various closures being utilized for shelves or so positioned as to be entirely out of the way of the user.

Further objects of the provide a means whereby be easily manipulated and in the provision of means whereby the gas may be positively shut oil' when the stove is not in use, thus preventing any possibility of leaving the stove burning when the same is inclosed.

With these and other objects in mind the invention consists in the construction and invention are to the closure can combination of parts shown in detail in the drawings, described and particularly pointed out in the accompanying claims.

Referring to the drawings wherein like reference numerals designate similar parts of reference throughout the various views Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cabinet,V

ecrtain'parts being broken away for clearness of illustration; Fig.. 2 is a transverse section indicated by the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The invention comprises a cabinet which is made with upper and lower compartments 1 and 2. The lower compartment 2 provided with shelves and racks is used merely for the storing of sundry articles, such as dishes and cooking utensils, and will need no further description. The upshown and described in a from the exterior,

per compartment 1 is'so constructed as to completely inclose the cooking stove, (shown in dotted lines in the drawings) and consists of a back, topV 4 and front 5. The top 4 is preferably divided, from front to back at the central -portion of the cabinet and the sections so formed are hinged to the side members 6 in such a manner as to permit of the same being swung upwardly and outwardly until they assume the position shown dotted in Fig. 1, and in this position they form in effect shelves and may be used for the placing of dishes when the stove is in use for cooking. Y,

The stove is mounted upon a platform which is spaced from'the partition 8 between the upper and 4lower cabinets `sulficient to allow a board 9 to be housed therein. This board may be provided with a handle 10 whereby the same may be pulled outwardly to vprovide a table which will be found a convenient place upon which to place the cooking dishes. secured to its inside face and at each end a pair of bracket arms 12 which are hinged upon studsll carried by the sides 6. The brackety arms 12 each have integral therewith a gear segment 13, and said segment meshes with a second segment 14 `which is mounted upon a shaft 15 extending across the cabinet and to the rear of the stove and at each end of the compartment is provided with suitable bearings `16 fastened to the sides 6. The gear segments 13 and 14 are duplicated at each end of the compartment,

.which it will be understood, will prevent any binding and will equalize the strain upon the shaft when At one side of the compartment the shaft 15 projects to the exterior of the cabinet and has secured thereon a crank 17 provided with an operating handle 18 whereby the segment upon the shaft may be conveniently rotated. It will thus be seen that after the covers 4 have been swung to their outward position that any downward pressure upon Patented June 15, 1920.

the cover is raised.A

The front `5 has the partsd and 5 being covered with zinc, white enamel or the like in order to provide a clean and sanitary condition but this is not essential.

To prevent the closing of the compartment 6 while the gas kis ignited a shut off valve 22 is provided in the supply pipe 23, said valve is provided with a biturcated operating lever 24, the forked enfLof ,which is engaged by a. pin 25 carried by an extension 26 o1c the gear segment 14. As shown in Fig. 2 the valve is in its normal or closed position and it will be seen that upon rotating the segment in the direction ot' the arrow the valve lever 2l will be turned in a direction to allow the gas to enter the manifold 2T of the stove.

lVhile I have shown and described this particular construction it is evident that various means may be employed to accomplish the same purpose, and I do not wish to limit myself further in the construction of the same than is required by the state of v the art or that which comes Within the scope of the appended claims. .l

I claim: l 1. The combination With a cabinet having a swinging front,.o1v a gear attached to said front, an operating crank shaft extending through a wall of the cabinet and having a gear meshing with said gear and adapted to swing the front open when the crank shaft is turned, and a gas stove in the cabinet having a fuel supply pipe provided with a valve, and an operating connection between the crank shaft and the valve.

2. The combination with a cabinet having a vertically swinging front, brackets attached to the front and pivoted to the ends of the cabinet, a gear fixed to one of said brackets, a. Crank shaft extending through the end of the cabinet, a gear fixed to the shaft and meshing with said gear, a gas stove burner in the cabinet, having a supply pipe provided with a valve, and an operating connection between one of said gears and the valve, to" open and close the latter when the front is opened and closed.

In testimony whereof I do afHX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. W-IESEHAN. Witnesses: i

JOHN A. BoMMHARn'r, ROBERT L. BRUCK. 

